I’m still on a posting & muffin kick this week, and since I found myself with more zucchini than you can shake an eggplant at, I decided to go for this recipe and inevitably tweaked it a bit.

They’re really good, but I’m thinking of halving the oil and subbing applesauce or some other fruit purée for the missing oil next time. Not that they’re tasting greasy or anything, I just believe it would make them even better.

I don’t bake with Ener-G much, but when using it or cornstarch (or any other similar type of starch) in muffin recipes, the baked good appears to be rather tough straight out of the oven, although once it has gotten a chance to cool down and even more so the next day, it gets super tender and loving. So much so that it will buy you flowers. And maybe even break into an ear-splitting rendition of Sinéad’s Nothing Compares 2 U that you swore you’d never, ever want to hear again. (Poor song choice, muffin dude. Guess someone will feel no remorse in taking a big bite out of you despite the flowers.)

We’re getting flooded with sun in the apartment these days. It’s like spring decided to show up way early, which means even the muffins couldn’t resist warming their old bones in the benevolent rays. This met with the cats’ approval, until they kicked the muffins out of the way to make room for their own old bones. Survival of the fittest, and all.

Seeing as how quickly I started craving these, it’s clear that I haven’t made zucchini muffins in way too long. Those ones sound delicious, and will definitely be how I’ll satisfy the craving next time I have zucchini in my possession.

I really have nothing against Ener-G but I think a lot of vegans find it’s the easy way out, which it kinda is. and some find it gives a cardboard taste to cookies, which I’ve never really experienced.

the shrimp thing freaks me out! don’t get me wrong: I’m all for faux meats on occasion, but this one looks too real for me. there’s also a chicken one that gives me goose bumps of my own with its goose bumpy appearance. shrimp used to be my favorite (mom made mean spring rolls with them) but I think I’ll have to pass. do they taste anything like real shrimp?